Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 32 Mission Ended
Qing returned empty-handed, and when he got back to the island, this was the scene he saw.

Twenty or so children, big and small, sat in a circle, with three slightly older kids in the middle, chattering about something.

It feels like children taking a nap on the playground of an ordinary kindergarten.

But the messy battlefield in the distance, the blood, the weapons, and the bodies of pirates lying on the ground, brought the picture back to what the ninja world should be like.

Qing suddenly appeared in the crowd in an instant.

Seeing an adult dressed as a ninja suddenly appear here, it immediately caused a commotion. Many children took out the weapons they had just hidden and looked at Qing with unfriendly eyes.

It wasn't until Mei Terumi spoke first that all the children let down their guard a little.

"Teacher Qing, you are finally back!"

"Ah."

Qing nodded subconsciously and answered, then called the three people aside to find out what was going on.

However, while walking, he still looked at Jianchuan Ju with a puzzled look.

After Qing instantly came over, he saw that it was Zabuza and subconsciously looked towards his own position.

On the contrary, Jianchuan Ju, who he always thought had a keen sense and might have the talent of a perceptive ninja, did not notice his arrival at all.

Jianchuan Ju also noticed Qing's strange look, but seeing that the other party had empty hands and a strange expression, he probably didn't get the results he wanted, so he didn't say anything more.

But it just so happens that there is a guy in Jianchuan Ju's team who never acts according to other people's feelings.

"Captain Qing, how's the tracking going over there?"

With the appearance of the epic mouth substitute Zabuza, Qing no longer worried about the level of perception.

He said with a somewhat ugly expression.

"I lost them. When they were at sea, they used water ninjutsu to increase the speed of the boat. They were obviously aware of my pursuit and were on guard."

After tracking the two men on the sea for a while, Qing found that he could not get closer. He was also a little worried about his three disciples, so he simply gave up the pursuit and chose to return.

When they got closer to the island, they noticed the pirate sailboat and were afraid that something might have happened, so they immediately sped up and rushed over.

But after the reunion, Qing was still a little surprised to see the pirate corpses on the beach and so many children rescued by the three little ones.

He looked at Zabuza, who was wrapped in bandages, and simply asked directly.

"Let's not talk about that side. What happened on your side? How did Zabuza get hurt so badly?"

The three of them were a little unresponsive for a moment, looking at each other.

Well, Mei Terumi only had her left calf injured, and after treatment and bandaging, it didn't look serious.

Because Jianchuan Ju's injury was on the chest, the bandage was basically covered by his outer clothes after it was wrapped. Only the scratches on the clothes and the bloodstains that could not be identified showed that he seemed to be injured.

Only Zabuza, who had multiple bandages covering his body for minor injuries and whose lower face and neck were already wrapped in bandages, felt as if he had been chopped by a sword.

It was Mei Terumi who broke the silence first.

"Teacher Qing, after you leave..."

As the acting captain, Mei Terumi recounted in detail what happened to the three of them on the island that night.

During this period, Qing did not interrupt Terumi Mei's narration, but at the end Qing still glanced at the three of them and spoke in a serious voice.

"Why didn't you send out a flare for help?"

When Qing opened his mouth, he controlled the three little ones for two seconds. Now they were really embarrassed.

Zabuza spoke in a low voice, which was unusual for him. "I don't have any flares on me."

Jianchuan Ju didn't have any flares either, but it was hard to say. If he also passed the buck, then the entire responsibility would fall on Mei Terumi, the acting captain.

But in fact, before attacking the camp, the three of them thought that there was no need to interrupt Qing's investigation when dealing with a group of ordinary pirates.

Later, after they attacked the pirate ship and found that the opponent was really difficult to deal with, the three of them were so focused on the battle at hand that they completely forgot about asking for help.

Terumim thought that perhaps it was because he, as the acting captain, did not consider things comprehensively enough, which led to his teammates getting hurt, and he admitted his mistake in a depressed mood.

"Teacher Qing, yes"

Ao's expression returned to gentleness and he interrupted Mei Terumi's words.

"Judging from the results, you did a good job. This mission is quite complicated and the difficulty is far beyond the capabilities of a Genin. I will report to the village in detail after I return."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

He immediately handed over some information that he had previously searched in the camp and on the pirate ship to Qing, but there was no crucial information.

Qing then checked the bodies of the two Chunins, Yugui and Yuya, and unexpectedly, he made a discovery that the other three had not noticed.

Holding two teeth engraved with strange curse marks in his hands, Qing examined them carefully in the sunlight.

"It's a very crude sealing technique. Nowadays, very few forces use this method to control their dead soldiers."

Upon learning this information, the team members looked even more serious.

After all, we knew before that there must be something complicated behind what these pirates did.

However, the strength of Yugui and Yuya was witnessed by all three of them.

Being able to hire such powerful pirates to work for you and being able to train such Chunins as death warriors and instruct them to become pirates are two completely different concepts.

Even ordinary small ninja villages would not be willing to waste their combat power in the latter way.

After all, Qing, as a senior ninja, was able to keep his composure and spoke first.

"Let's take these kids back to Apple Village and complete the mission first."

"Yes" x3
Since Qing had given the instructions, Jianchuan Ju was the first to relax. He immediately ran to the port and organized the children to board the ship.

If the sky falls, there will be someone taller to hold it up. I am just a new Genin, and the most important thing is to think about how to improve my own strength.

But we also have to thank the pirates for bringing back their main ship, otherwise with so many children, the four of them would have to control the small boats in the port to take them back to the Water Kingdom.

Although this unnamed island is not far from the coastline of the Water Country, it is still difficult to control a ship through water escape at sea.

For ninjas who are not skilled in operating boats, it would be more convenient for them to just run across the sea.

Needless to say.

The Blue Team sent all the kidnapped children to the pirate ship one after another, and also stuffed the bodies of the two Chunins into the sealing scroll.

Although there are sealing spells on the other party's teeth, the village's intelligence analysis team will most likely not be able to obtain any information from their heads.

However, the corpse itself can sometimes provide some information, so Qing decided to leave this matter to professionals.

Finally, Jianchuan Ju escorted the dazed red-haired little girl onto the deck and looked back at the nameless island again.

"Is this mission completed in excess? I hope there won't be any more troubles in the future."

(End of this chapter)